Junior Meaning
/ˈd͡ʒuːniə/Definition, CEFR level A2, pronunciation, examples, and quiz.
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Definition
adjLow in rank; having a subordinate role, job, or situation.
adjYounger.
Sentence Examples
At last, I graduated from junior high school.
Bill is my junior by two years.
CEFR Practice Quiz
The ____ player, being only 16, was not allowed to drive the team bus.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
He is a ____ partner at the law firm, and he hopes to become a senior partner within a few years.
Word Origin & History
Borrowed from Latin junior, a contraction of iuvenior (“younger”) which is the comparative of iuvenis (“young”); see juvenile.
Literary Quotations & Historical Citations
"Far less likely to intimidate your junior genealogist is the Internet, with its databases, message and bulletin boards, online collections, and more. Now is also the time to introduce your children to older relatives, who can be valuable resources and provide precious information."
— 2003, Karen Frisch, Creating Junior Genealogists, →ISBN:
"Humorous books for junior readers are often ignored by the critical community, due, in part, to what Milner Davis describes as a “conventional bias against comic genres” (1996: 101), and I consider this a serious oversight within the field of children's literature."
— 2010, Julie Cross, Humor in Contemporary Junior Literature, →ISBN, page 1:
"There she is: Lady Margaret Hall, eight years junior to me, exhibitioner where I was top scholar, and reading French. (Not veterinary science.)"
— 2011, Julian Barnes, Knowing French (Storycuts), →ISBN:
"A handbook for junior golfers covering a wide range of golfing instruction and information with over 250 photographs of juniors learning, playing, practicing and enjoying the game of golf."
— 2012, Junior Golf in Pictures: The Junior Golfer's Handbook, →ISBN:
"Instead of going to the unit I walked in the opposite direction towards the medicine lecture room with various thoughts going through my mind — most of them were positive as this was a great opportunity to practise what I had learnt so far and should have a good impact on students who were 3–4 years junior to me and not known to me."
— 2013, Krishna Mohan Mishra, Me and Medicine, →ISBN, page 111:
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CEFR Practice Quiz
The ____ player, being only 16, was not allowed to drive the team bus.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
He is a ____ partner at the law firm, and he hopes to become a senior partner within a few years.